Apple Tree

Apple Tree Lyrics

[Verse 1]
All of my life I've been hunting
I've been a girl, I've been a boy
Digging my feet into the ground like an apple tree
Wanting to live with a purpose
Skin is a word, love is not a sin
People are bad, people are good
Just like the moon is a stone
But it's a star when it's dark and now she's hiding

[Pre-Chorus]
If you've seen what a heart is, you've seen its color
If I ever knew how we could guide it
I would take care of its children, become their mother
If I ever knew how we could hide it, hide it (Ah-ah)

[Chorus]
Let her save the world, she is just a girl
Let him save them all, he is just a boy
Let her save the world, she is just a girl
Let him save them all, he is just a boy

[Verse 2]
Hunger is quiet if you do it right
Hunter is loud and predictable, scaring away every prey
So they're gone before the hunter arrives
Would you be kind and put away your sword?
You cannot cut away what we've got
You cannot kill what we are
We are not here in physical form

[Pre-Chorus 2]
You've seen where the knife is, its dark location
If I ever knew how we could guide it
I will cut into our anger, make pure emotion
If I ever knew how we could hide it, hide it (Ah-ah)

[Chorus]
Let her save the world, she is just a girl
Let him save them all, he is just a boy
Let her save the world, she is just a girl
Let him save them all, he is just a boy

[Bridge]
Ah, ah
Oh, oh
Ah, ah
Can we carry the weight of mortality? (Oh, oh)
The explosions around you is your symphony

[Chorus]
(Ah, ah) Let her save the world, she is just a girl
(Oh, oh) Let him save them all, he is just a boy
(Ah, ah) Let her save the world, she is just a girl
(Oh, oh) Let him save them all, he is just a boy

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About “Apple Tree”

“Apple Tree” finds AURORA being hopeful that we can all save the world together. The track’s sound stands out in her discography as one of her most different tracks, with her vocal delivery during the verses displaying a flow comparable to rap music.

During a Step II listening party and Q&A held on June 13, 2019, AURORA gave insights on the production of the song. She confirmed that the beat of the track was influenced by Brazilian’s Olodum, which she came in contact when she first went to Salvador in 2017. There’s also hip-hop influences because she “felt it deserved a very alive and bad-ass groove”.

What have the artists said about the song?

During one of her shows at Rough Trade, AURORA performed “Apple Tree” live and introduced it saying:

It’s quite a different child of mine and I felt very playful the day I wrote it and it’s very personal to me. It’s about believing in the young generation and believing in the child in yourself that unrealistic dreams of saving the world can be true.

In an interview with Women In Pop on the release date of Step II, AURORA said:

One song is very personal, ‘Apple Tree’, it’s about living your life with a purpose and it has a lot of references to my childhood and my experiences as a child. It’s very personal but still very political. Step II is quite a political anthem because that’s how I feel right now.